Patents Examined by Gbemileke J Onamuti
  • Patent number: 12200676
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for configuring communication between a base station and at least one wireless device, the base station using an antenna array, wherein antenna ports in the antenna array are coupled to radio frequency branches. The method comprises determining a first radio frequency bandwidth for a first radio frequency branch based on one or more factors associated with traffic served by a plurality of radio frequency bandwidth parts, and configuring the first radio frequency branch to serve frequencies within the first radio frequency bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ming Li, Bo Göransson
  • Patent number: 12193050
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to channel access for multi-link devices (MLDs). A MLD may identify a first backoff count associated with a first enhanced distributed channel access function (EDCAF) for a first communication link used by the MLD; identify a second backoff count associated with a second EDCAF for a second communication link used by the MLD, the first backoff count less than the second backoff count; determine a time period after that the first backoff count reaches zero and during which to refrain from transmitting using the first communication link, the time period based on the second backoff count; determine that the first communication link transitioned from an idle state to a busy state during the time period; and generate a third backoff count associated with the first EDCAF based on the first communication link transitioning to the busy state during the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Cariou, Dmitry Akhmetov, Dibakar Das
  • Patent number: 12184529
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for network performance testing. A computing device may receive a network performance request. The computing device may perform a network performance test, and determine comparable devices of one or more devices associated with the network performance request. The computing device may determine a network performance parameter for the comparable devices, and determine that one or more devices associated with the network performance request are impacting the network performance test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Imad Amadie, Karthik Sundaram, Peifong Ren, John Raezer, Brandon Groff, Eric Bertrand
  • Patent number: 12177918
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to stablish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Zeng, Haijing Hu, Yuchul Kim, Dawei Zhang, Xiangying Yang, Zhu Ji, Yang Li, Beibei Wang, Jia Tang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Johnson O. Sebeni, Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu, Vijay Venkataraman, Christian W. Mucke
  • Patent number: 12177091
    Abstract: There are provided measures for network objectives management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Stephen Mwanje, Lars Christoph Schmelz, Janne Tapio Ali-Tolppa
  • Patent number: 12167422
    Abstract: An apparatus of an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the IAB node for time-domain resource management within an IAB network, the processing circuitry is to detect that a time-domain resource assigned to a child communication link of the IAB node is available. An uplink message is encoded for transmission by a mobile terminal (MT) function of the IAB node to a parent IAB node. The uplink message indicates availability of the time-domain resource for a parent backhaul link between the IAB node and the parent IAB node. A downlink message from the parent IAB node is decoded. The downlink message is received via the parent backhaul link and using the time-domain resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lili Wei, Dawei Ying, Qian Li, Geng Wu
  • Patent number: 12167316
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing wireless communication in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configured for multi-radio access technology (RAT) operation are disclosed. A method includes the WTRU wirelessly communicating information on a first operating frequency according to a first RAT. The WTRU also wirelessly communicates information on a second operating frequency according to a second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Diana Pani
  • Patent number: 12167409
    Abstract: A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in different search spaces sets independently from one another in order to manage different services optimally. A processor of the network device can be configured to receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates of a PDCCH in a slot for channel estimation across search spaces of the slot. Different priorities can be determined among the PDCCH candidates in the slot based on a priority rule. Then a number of PDCCH candidates can be skipped/dropped from monitoring based on the different priorities of the PDCCH candidates to ensure that a threshold level of blind decoding operations across a plurality of slots of the PDCCH is being satisfied. The UE can monitor a portion of the PDCCH candidates while concurrently skipping another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Debdeep Chatterjee, Gang Xiong
  • Patent number: 12160378
    Abstract: This application provides a spatial reuse method and apparatus based on multi-access point (AP) coordination, and a system. In the method, a first access point AP sends a radio frame including identification information to a second access point AP. The identification information is used to indicate the second access point AP to perform spatial reuse during uplink data transmission performed by at least one first station associated with the first access point. The second access point sends a downlink frame to at least one second station based on the identification information. Through coordination between access points APs, the first AP may configure a spatial reuse transmission opportunity for another specific AP to perform spatial reuse transmission, so that a transmission time in the spatial reuse transmission opportunity is fully used, thereby avoiding a conflict and improving transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuchen Guo
  • Patent number: 12156038
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Digital Global Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Armando Montalvo, Edward Hummel, Dwight Inman
  • Patent number: 12156049
    Abstract: A method and system is described that performs dynamic slice management for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Flight path information associated with a flight path of a UAV is used to determine a predicted optimal application and a predicted optimal network slice for use by the UAV at a location along the flight path. Information associated with the predicted optimal application and the predicted optimal network slice is transmitted to the UAV for use by the UAV at the location. The available network slices to the UAV may be updated based on the determined predicted optimal slice. The UAV may adjust its usage of applications and/or slices based on the information it receives associated with the predicted optimal application and the predicted optimal network slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Majjiga, Sabareeswar P. Balakrishnan, Kristen Sydney Young
  • Patent number: 12149985
    Abstract: 5G and 6G wireless networks can use artificial intelligence models to optimize performance by measuring the rate of message faults, and in particular the rate of various types of faults. For example, the amplitude faults include a modulation amplitude distorted by a small or large amplitude change, and whether the faults cluster in the high or low amplitude modulation portions of a constellation chart, among many other inputs related to network operations. The artificial intelligence model can be configured to predict the subsequent network performance according to each modulation scheme available to the network, thereby enabling the network to select a more effective modulation scheme. Alternatively, the artificial intelligence model can select the preferred modulation scheme and recommend the change to the network operators, or it can implement the change automatically if enabled to do so.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 12150049
    Abstract: A disruption of power on a network may be detected. A gateway device of the network may transition to a low power mode. The gateway device may determine inactive physical interfaces on the gateway device and shut down the inactive physical interfaces. The gateway device may determine inactive wireless interfaces on the gateway device and shut down the inactive wireless interfaces. The gateway device may determine actively operating physical interfaces on the gateway device and reduce a modulation rate associated with the actively operating physical interfaces for a first time. The gateway device may determine actively operating wireless interfaces on the gateway device and reduce a modulation rate associated with the actively operating wireless interfaces for the first time. The gateway device may shut down the actively operating physical interfaces after the first time. The gateway device may shut down the actively operating wireless interfaces after the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Ivan Ong
  • Patent number: 12143932
    Abstract: An apparatus for a distributed unit of a communication system, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the distributed unit to receive from at least one radio unit first information characterizing a capability of the at least one radio unit associated with at least one energy saving function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Eiko Seidel, Gábor Hannák
  • Patent number: 12144051
    Abstract: This application provides an information sending method, an information receiving method, a terminal, and a network device. The information sending method includes: receiving request information from a network device; and sending early measurement information to the network device, where the request information is used to request the terminal to feed back an early measurement result; and the request information is received and the early measurement information is sent during an RRC connection resume procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Zheng, Wei Bao
  • Patent number: 12137414
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method for power management in a wireless communication system. The method includes measuring network resource utilization levels for a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs) over a time period based on at least one network parameter, determining a behavioral pattern of the network resource utilization levels based on a predictive analysis of the measured network resource utilization levels, forecasting a lean workload time interval of the network resource utilization levels based on the determined behavioral pattern and current network resource utilization levels of the plurality of VNFs, and adjusting central processing unit (CPU) core frequencies of a network server based on the forecasted lean workload time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Subramaniam, Karthikeyan Narayanan, Naveen Kumar, Veerabhadrappa Murigeppa Gadag, Vivek Soni
  • Patent number: 12133112
    Abstract: An example according to the present specification relates to a technique for configuring a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. A transmitting STA may generate and transmit an EHT PPDU. The EHT PPDU may comprise an L-SIG field, an RL-SIG field, a first control field, and a second control field. A result of “modulo 3 operation” for a length field value of the L-SIG field may be set to “0.” The RL-SIG field may be configured to be the same as the L-SIG field. The first control field may comprise 3-bit information on the version of a PPDU, 6-bit information on a BSS color, and 7-bit information on TXOP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongguk Lim, Jinsoo Choi, Eunsung Park, Jinmin Kim
  • Patent number: 12133166
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of energy consumption management and scheduling of cell shutdown periods in a communication network. The method includes individually scheduling daily shutdown period for certain target cells of the communication network by performing the following for each target cell: collecting usage data from a monitored cell for a first period of time, wherein the target cell and the monitored cell operate on different frequency bands and serve at least partially the same geographical area; comparing the usage data with a threshold value to determine a low-load period in the monitored cell; and scheduling a shutdown period for the target cell during the low-load period in the monitored cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Simon Holmbacka
  • Patent number: 12127181
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for configuring group indices for uplink transmissions from a user equipment (UE) such that the UE may be able to determine whether to combine uplink transmissions scheduled on overlapping time resources. Specifically, the UE may combine uplink transmissions associated with a same group index for transmission in a single channel, and the UE may avoid combining uplink transmissions associated with different group indices. In some cases, the indication of a group index associated with an uplink transmission from a UE may be explicit (e.g., provided in a downlink control information (DCI) message), and, in other cases, the indication of a group index associated with an uplink transmission from a UE may be implicit (e.g., corresponding to a resource allocated for the uplink transmission).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12127098
    Abstract: A method may include sending, to a wireless device, a system information block (SIB) indicating that restricted local operator services (RLOS) are supported by a public land mobile network. The method may also include receiving, from the wireless device and after the sending of the SIB indicating support for the RLOS, a preamble. The method may further include sending, to the wireless device, a random access response to the preamble. The method may additionally include receiving, from the wireless device and after the random access response, at least one first radio resource control (RRC) message. The message may indicate that an RRC connection of the wireless device is for the RLOS and that an attach request of the wireless device is for the RLOS. The method may also include sending, to the wireless device, a second RRC message comprising an attach accept message indicating acceptance of the RLOS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Weihua Qiao, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Peyman Talebi Fard